Blockchain

Moscow-based indie game development studio MetaGold LLC has announced the demo release of its latest game title ‘War of Magi’ on Google Play Store. The announcement includes the platform's plans to develop and launch one of its MMO game offerings as a final stretch goal of the crowdsale. War of...

AIA and Allianz have now confirmed that they will be joining Manulife to discuss insurance applications for blockchain technology at the Blockchain for Finance Conference in Singapore on June 20th-21st 2017. With a insurers looking to modernize their organizations through the adoption of digital solutions, this discussion will investigate where...

Blockchain application platform Lisk has announced a collaboration with design agency Taikonauten, with the goal of rebranding its ecosystem to greatly enhance the user experience and facilitate greater user adoption. The partnership will enable the Lisk Foundation to employ the creative talents of the team at Taikonauten to redesign crucial...

Natixis - the international corporate, investment, insurance and financial services arm of Groupe BPCE, IBM and physical commodities trading group Trafigura have pioneered a new blockchain solution in commodity trade finance, aimed at US crude oil transactions. The distributed ledger platform, built on the Linux Foundation open source Hyperledger Fabric,...

Writer, director and producer Michael Blieden has joined SingularDTV as a consulting producer to advise the company on its launch event which takes place in Q2 of 2017. Blieden's resume includes such television programs as Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Brooklyn Nine-Nine for Fox, Sirens for USA, Up All Night...

Growth partnership company Frost & Sullivan and dedicated blockchain venture builder Outlier Ventures have evaluated the blockchain market and mapped 130 major blockchain start-ups into their key activity areas. The blockchain ecosystem made significant progress in 2016, with dozens of new companies, funding rounds and partnerships. Using Outlier Ventures' Blockchain...

MetaX is bringing blockchain technology for the digital advertising ecosystem. The MetaX platform allows the digital advertising supply chain to coordinate in a scalable, trustworthy and secure way using the blockchain. It is currently in operation with select private beta partners. Ken Brook, co-founder and CEO of MetaX, said: “Innovation...

Blockchain start-up Chronicled, which links the physical and digital worlds with cryptographic identity chips and blockchain technology and recently raised $6.25M, and the LinkLab, a life sciences supply chain consultancy, have launched a serialized ‘track and trace’ pilot for the pharmaceutical industry. The pilot launched at a one-day event in...

Hybrid blockchain application platform, the Qtum Foundation has raised over $15 million in a five days, placing the project among the top 10 blockchain-token crowdsale campaigns to date. Qtum started the first day by selling $10 million of its tokens in the first 90 minutes. Scheduled to last 30 days...

Collaborative savings and insurance platform WeTrust, an Ethereum blockchain platform aiming to bring financial inclusion to the masses, has announced the launch of its very first Trusted Lending Circles product. The blockchain-based reciprocal aid platform leverages smart contracts to allow anyone to create a Rotating Savings and Credit Association –...

IBM InterConnect has announced the new release of IBM Blockchain, an enterprise-ready blockchain service based on the Linux Foundation's Hyperledger Fabric version 1.0. The service enables developers to build and host security-rich production blockchain networks on the IBM Cloud, and is underpinned by IBM LinuxONE. The Linux Foundation's open source...

IBM InterConnect and identity and authentication provider SecureKey Technologies have announced they are working together to enable a new digital identity and attribute sharing network based on IBM Blockchain. The network will be designed to make it easier for consumers to verify they are who they say they are, in...

Bloq, developer of enterprise-grade blockchain solutions, has launched BloqLabs to expand its ongoing sponsorship and support of critical open source projects in the bitcoin and blockchain ecosystems. BloqLabs launches with several foundational projects and platforms being supported and developed by Bloq, in addition to its own technology. These projects include:...

The Chamber of Digital Commerce, the global trade association dedicated to promoting the understanding, acceptance and use of digital assets and blockchain technology, has formed the Blockchain Intellectual Property Council, an initiative to promote innovation in blockchain and distributed ledger technologies by addressing intellectual property issues. The council will help...

ChronoBank have announced its public Beta release following the ChronoWallet and ChronoMint developing most of the features detailed in its whitepaper. It will be deployed to the upcoming Kovan testnet on Ethereum. The ChronoMint frontend will be distributed over the InterPlanetary File System and will be available on the ChronoBank...

Global innovation platform Plug and Play has announced it is launching their newest program, Plug and Play Supply Chain & Logistics. In partnership with founding partners Maersk and Ericsson, the model brings together a roundtable of complementary industry leaders to guide the direction of the program. The Supply Chain &...

The Blockchain Collaborative Consortium (BCCC) has announced that it has expanded from its initial 34 founding member companies to the current 109 companies and organizations. A decision was also reached to inaugurate the Financial Services Subcommittee. The aim is to boost awareness of blockchain technology among financial institutions, where consideration...

BTL GROUP LTD., the company which offers blockchain solutions to businesses across industries, has announced the addition of Jon Downing to its advisory board. Over the last 25 years, Jon has delivered innovation, business and technology services at global companies, including Visa, J P Morgan, HP Enterprise Services & American...

TIME, the Ethereum token representing a stake in ChronoBank, has been added to several exchanges, with other exchanges lined up in the future. ChronoBank is a blockchain-based project that takes aims to renovate the short-term recruitment sector. By placing buyers and sellers of labour in direct contact, and paying in...

Align Commerce, the global payments platform for small businesses, recently announced it has closed a $24 million Series B funding round and renamed the company to Veem. The investment, led by National Australia Bank (NAB) Ventures, includes GV (formerly Google Ventures) and SBI Investment Co., Ltd. and will help Veem...